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Dec 19, 2016 · Rossetti’s “Christmas Eve” is a poem of anticipation: at the very end of Advent, the speaker looks forward to the hour that Christmas begins. The poem opens with three comparisons involving imagery. The first two are paradoxes in which “darkness” becomes light and “chillness” becomes warmth.
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The legend—most common in parts of Europe—has been applied to farm animals and household pets alike. It operates on the belief that Jesus’s birth occurred at exactly midnight on Christmas Day, leading to various supernatural occurrences. Many speculate that the mythhas pagan roots or may have morphed from the belief that the ox and donkey in the Na...
A more modern version of the tale first aired on ABC in 1970, and while it’s animated and for children, it’s still surprisingly grim. In the made-for-TV cartoon titled The Night The Animals Talked, animals gain the power of speech and sing a song exalting their newfound ability—to insult each other: “You can bicker with anyone you hate / It’s great...
The variations of Christmas legends about special or supernatural animal behavior are diverse and far-reaching. Not all necessarily involve animals speaking. In John Howison’s 1821 Sketches of Upper Canada, the author recounts a Native American who told him that “[It’s] Christmas night and all deer fall upon their knees to the Great Spirit.” Willia...
Christmas hath a chillness. Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas hath a beauty. Lovelier than the world can show: For Christmas bringeth Jesus, Brought for us so low. Earth, strike up your music, Birds that sing and bells that ring; Heaven hath answering music.
Dec 6, 2014 · Christmas Dog poem By Shel Silverstein Tonight’s my first night as a watchdog, And here it is Christmas Eve. The children are sleepin’ all cozy upstairs, While I’m guardin’ the stockin’s and tree. What’s that now--footsteps on the rooftop? Could it be a cat or a mouse? Who’s this down the chimney? A thief with a beard--
Jul 28, 2009 · When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash. Figuring the dog was free of his chain and into the trash. The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow. Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below.
Feb 20, 2017 · But what happens when that pirate romance turns sour? It leaves us with the idea of love being like a “sick parrot.” A sick bird is a terrible sight indeed, a painful time for the owner, or in the case of love, the partner.
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